If you're not aware, Masters of Horror aired on Showtime between 2005 and 2007 and was the brainchild of terrible horror director but all-around awesome guy, Mick Garris. Garris rounded up all of the legendary horror directors (Dante, Landis, Romero, Hooper, Carpenter, del Toro, Argento, etc.) to each direct a one-hour stand alone horror film. The results were two 13-episode seasons with some real standouts.
My favorite is Carpenter's "Cigarette Burns" (s01e08), starring Norman Reedus as a private film detective (or something) tasked to locate a mysterious lost film, "La Fin Absolue du Monde," which purportedly drove its audience violently insane at its initial screening. It's a great reflection on the notion of lost films and the sometimes-cultish nature of horror fandom. Can't recommend highly enough.
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